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<h1>About the HTML Help API reference</h1>

The HTML Help API reference provides information about how to hook up help to a Windows program.</p>

<p>The reference provides the following sections:</p>

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<li>An <a href="ov_html_help_api_overview.htm">Overview</a> section that describes the functionality that the HTML Help API provides. It explains how to call the HTML Help API, its return values, and how to access it from your code. This section also discusses window types and how to define them.

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<p><font color="#ff0000">Work in Progress</font> The objective of this section is to offer helpful information, examples, and sample code for working with some of the fundamental features of htmlHelp().</p>
<p>The following areas were identified based on tracking prominent threads in the HTML Help aliases:</p>
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<li><b>Window types</b> (this topic is potentially very large)</li>
<li><b>Context-sensitive help</b> (A fully drafted help file --<b>cs_draft.chm</b>-- exists that covers many of the development aspects of implementing cs help)</li>
<li><b>Keyword lookups</b> Many users are confused by these API commands because the ActiveX Control offers similar functionality. It would be nice to document 1-2 scenarios in which these commands could be used.</li>
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<li>A <a href="ov_ref.htm">Reference</a> section that provides comprehensive reference information for all supported items in the HTML Help API. These items include commands, data structures, and notification messages.
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